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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5993095 | Mechanical transmission An apparatus to drive a ribbon carrying a printing medium in an impact printer is implemented. The apparatus accommodates manual tightening of the ribbon by decoupling the drive motor from the ribbon cartridge without use of a clutch mechanism. A gear tra... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5971640 | Method for cutting paper in a printer using a gear with a friction pad A gear drive system for a printer designed to print upon a continuous roll of paper and having a blade used to cut off printed portions of paper from the paper roll is implemented. The gear drive system has a drive gear which slips against a toothless por... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5893670 | Gear with teeth of decreasing height for a printer A gear drive system for a printer designed to print upon a continuous roll of paper and having a blade used to cut off printed portions of paper from the paper roll is implemented. The gear drive system has a drive gear which slips against a toothless por... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5865547 | Check flipper for point of sale printer and method therefor A print head and check flipper subassembly having a removable flipper cartridge allows printing of both sides of a check or other document in one continuous operation, in which the orientation of the check or other document is reversed in relation to a pr... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5823696 | Printer having a paper out/cover open sensor and method therefor A printer has a control circuit to stop a print head from printing when paper runs out or when the cover of the printer is opened is disclosed. Only one switch is used to detect the absence of paper and the position of the cover.... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5813781 | Document feed roller opener and method therefor A document feed roller opening mechanism and a method for operating that opener provide efficient and reliable operation. In the document feed roller opening mechanism, a print head transport motor is used to open the document feed rollers. A carrier post... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5771152 | Computer system with a tilt adjustment mechanism A tilt adjustment mechanism having an upper housing, a lower housing and a shaft assembly is disclosed. The shaft assembly receives the gears which are pressed on either end of shaft. The shaft fits through locating slots in the lower housing. Each of the... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5642948 | Biaxial printer for portrait and landscape printing A printer employs a print head having a wire column arranged at an angle between 0° and 90° relative to a permitted line of motion of the print head. This angled print head allows for both portrait and landscape printing. Portrait mode printing is perfo... | 07/01/1997 |
| 4118611 | Buckling spring torsional snap actuator A torsional or rocker switch actuator is described that uses the torsional moment of a buckling compression spring column to rock the actuator member on a pivot. A catastrophically buckling compression column spring is used and the reaction moment which o... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4095066 | Hinged flyplate actuator A toggling type of switch actuator is described in which a pivotable coupling plate is caused to snap away from electrical contact members which it couples together. Action is caused by the depression of an actuator which compresses a spring and moves the... | 06/13/1978 |
